Tuesday, 30 August 2016

It’s hard to get excited about the
Android-powered Galaxy Tab S3 expected out at IFA later this week, considering
the recent fall of traditional slates, and Samsung’s physical incapacity to
substantially upgrade the Tab S2’s specs without greatly impacting retail
prices.

But a second-generation Galaxy TabPro S with
Windows 10 sounds like an entirely different story, the largely praised
original still leaving plenty of room for improvement. The routinely
trustworthy folks over at SamMobile can already “confirm” a Galaxy TabPro S2 is
scheduled for a commercial debut in the “coming months.”

Unfortunately, we don’t believe the next-gen
Surface Pro series-rival/cousin will be unveiled in Berlin in a matter of days
ahead of a pre-holiday season launch. Instead, it makes more sense to wait for
the OG to turn one, and take the wraps off the follow-up effort very early next
year, at CES in Las Vegas.

We’re keeping our fingers crossed the
keyboard cover will be the first thing Samsung perks up, alongside the
currently optional, far-from-stellar stylus. Any sort of hardware choice would
also be appreciated, though right now, we only know of a 12-inch Super AMOLED
configuration with 2,160 x 1,440 pixels resolution and the “latest” Intel Core
M processor in the pipeline.

Then again, four different model numbers are
associated with the Galaxy TabPro S2, hinting at LTE connectivity and some
other possible add-ons.